Their members are often elected. But some Americans say the lack of national standards is wrong in a competitive global economy.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Yeah, but the Americans seem to think s not how we are, s not how we behave.

是的，美国人自己似乎认为,我们并非如此，that，that’,我们没有那样做，that’

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

This is what people are being told they should eat, but in fact, the vast majority of Americans do not meet dietary recommendations.

这就是人们被告知应有的饮食,而事实上,绝大多数美国人不能达到推荐食谱的要求

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

But Americans were hopeful. If the plan succeeded, it would be the greatest space act since manned flights began.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

The fact that white Americans favor white Americans over black Americans might be because of stereotypes but they also might be of in-group favoritism.

白人喜欢,白人，而不是黑人,可能是因为刻板印象,也可能是由于组内偏爱的心理。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But she also said the health care reforms passed by Congress will improve the quality of care for all Americans.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

It's known to Americans who have visited, there are many, but others because that's the Ritz Hotel where what's-her-name, Princess Diana left ten years ago now and never made it, unfortunately for her, out of the Pont d'Alma, the tunnel.

去过巴黎的美国人都知道那个地方,很多人知道旺多姆广场是因为丽兹酒店,十年前逝世的黛安娜王妃曾下榻的酒店,真是不幸,她在穿过蓬德阿尔马隧道时出了意外

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

But his flight gave Americans the feeling that the United States could pull ahead of the Soviet Union in the space race.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

And if those people, if you're interested in that and I realize at this point I probably lost the interest of most Americans in the room, but for the non-Americans in the room, the people who are interested in the real world as I said before, I'll put that article online and that goes through all the gory detail of this.

如果你们对足球感兴趣的话,我发现,大多数美国的同学对此毫无兴趣,但是那些美国以外的同学,如果你们对现实中的足球比赛很感兴趣,就像我之前说的,我会把文章的详细内容发布到网站上

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Nothing much can stop it. Americans still use the expression "to bulldoze" but mainly in political situations.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

FSMs I don't know what the FSMs are, but the YAFs are the Young Americans for Freedom.

我不清楚什么是，不过我知道YAFs代表的是自由美国青年。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But after the attacks, 9 out of 10 Americans approved of the job he was doing, compared lately to about 1 in 4.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

You see the African-American individuals have a somewhat lower risk, although not a lot, from the white people individuals in this study, but the Mexican-Americans have elevated risk compared to the other two races.

非裔美国人患病风险相对较低,尽管在这项研究中,他们与白人之间的差异并不显著,但与这两个种族相比,墨西哥裔美国人患病风险则比较高

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

But I also know that this prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women, and all Americans, want to build."

VOA: special.2009.10.10

But Americans were not the only ones who identified with the ideas in the play.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

But President Obama says the decision will reduce the influence of average Americans.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

But President Obama remembered him as "not only one of the greatest senators of our time, but one of the most accomplished Americans ever to serve our democracy."

VOA: special.2009.08.29

He said the Union of states was permanent -- that the men who built the Union did not do so only for themselves, but for all future Americans.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

But during the nineteenth century, Americans greatly loved and respected President Washington.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

But a poll,commissioned by the American Red Cross, indicates 20 percent of Americans plan to reduce their charitable contributions.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Michigan Democrat, said Americans at all levels but notably the middle class continue to struggle.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

But other African Americans, including journalist Juan Williams, who spoke at the dedication, supported re-marking the "White" and "Colored" entrances.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

The pace of job losses has declined dramatically in the last year, but nearly 15 million Americans are still out of work.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

But one in four Americans particularly those in rural and impoverished areas often lack access to the Internet.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

The Americans fired the puck at the Canadian goal 28 times, but Szabados turned them away each time.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

"But the amount of damage and destabilization in the country that we are starting to see - this is what the Americans do not understand."

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

But the increase in obesity has had a disproportionate impact on Americans' health and longevity.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

"But overall,it's good. Thanks to the Americans with Disabilities Act, we are being more accepted.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

But Mr.Obama told the West Point graduates that Americans have faced stiff challenges before.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

But I know that your states are still in a very tough situation and too many Americans still have not felt the recovery in their own lives."

VOA: standard.2010.02.22